Herding Cats Creative was made entirely by me! With the help of WordPress of course. The logo text and type as well as the hero illustration were all my creation, as well as color and typography choice. I went with some of my favorite colors and made sure to keep them cohesive, as well as a […]
As a graphic designer, your creativity is your biggest asset, but how you present yourself to the world—both online and offline—can be just as important. A strong personal brand not only helps you stand out from the competition, but it also communicates your unique style, skills, and values to potential clients and employers. A well-established
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As an artist, I’ve spent years honing my craft, developing my creative eye, and refining my skills. The design industry is about more than just creating pretty pictures—it’s about solving problems, telling stories, and connecting with an audience. But over the past few years, we’ve seen the rise of AI-generated art, and while it might
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Wings of Fire is a book series by Tui T. Sutherland. For this project we needed to make two cover designs, one that the heroes of the book would read, and one that the villains would. The focus of this project was on layout and typography. I wanted to make sure they looked like the cover
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The Sleepless is a dystopian thriller by Victor Manibo. We had to pick a book we enjoyed the content, but not necessarily the cover, of and redesign it. I found the original cover of The Sleepless not bad, but it failed at having any thematic symbolism. I wanted to show one of the main parallels that
Herding Cats Energy Drink –The fake brand that this site hails its name from– was a unique challenge. We had to create an energy drink label, with a focus on color and clarity, entirely on canvas with paint. In my initial sketches, I focused heavily on a clever title and an illustration to fit it. I’ve
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The ENT Center for the Arts was hosting a (mock) film festival. For this project we got to choose which three movies were being shown. I really wanted to add some illustrative flare to these, so I went with three popular “monster” movies and illustrated their respective monsters. I kept the layout the same through all
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The 2025 Parley Journal was in need of a Call for Submissions poster. Following the Steampunk theme of the journal, I took inspiration from Victorian-era newspapers, and created both a horizontal and vertical version of the poster. We needed a captivating image and seeing as airships are commonly associated with Steampunk aesthetics I decided an illustration
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The Hiking Trip is a website that I created both the site and content for. If it were published, the site would house a webcomic by the same name. The focus for this project was more on page building and layout, as well as having to code the site from the ground up as opposed to
360 Outdoors is a fair chase hunting company located in Colorado. They emphasize a feeling of community and follow a similar archetype to a Neighbor brand. It is owned by a Mother and Son duo, something I reflected in my logo design with the deer prints. On top of creating a logo, we had to
